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Tulsa World  May 08, 11:24 AM

By ROD WALTON A letter by Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt and signed by his counterparts in 12 other energy-producing states tells the EPA it should not allow threats of litigation by six Northeast states to provide a back-door entry for federal oversight of fracking. ...

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USA TODAY  May 09, 12:01 AM

Automakers are in the uncomfortable position of building mostly at a loss a class of small electric cars that garner a lot of attention but few sales just to satisfy rules imposed by one state, California. As a result, they've acquired the name "compliance cars." ...

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Associated Press/AP Online  May 08, 04:18 PM

By RAY HENRY ATLANTA - Federal regulators are investigating whether workers at a factory that supplies parts to nuclear plants broke quality control rules and falsified records, according to regulatory filings. A dozen workers at the Shaw Modular Solutions facility in Lake Charles, La.,...

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Albuquerque Journal (NM)  May 10, 08:08 AM

May 10--An Albuquerque supply well that long pumped water up from underground will reverse direction next week in an experiment to pump some of the metro area's water supply underground for later use. At Webster Well No. 1, housed in a small concrete building off Paseo del...

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Bangor Daily News (ME)  May 09, 02:32 PM

AUGUSTA, Maine -- There hasn't been an active mining operation in Maine for 40 years, but the prospect of new mining activity in Aroostook County is fueling a State House debate over the environmental effects of open-pit mining. During an afternoon work session Wednesday, the Legislature's Joint...

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Tulsa World  May 06, 10:57 AM

NEW YORK (AP) - A decade ago, large investors in so-called clean technology had a straightforward goal: finance companies that would help eliminate the world's dependence on oil, natural gas and coal. But as profits from wind, solar, biofuels and other alternatives consistently...